Nintendo Is Already Working On The Next Zelda Game
The Breath of the Wild development team has already begun work on the Hero of Time's next adventure.
Now that the award-winning Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild experience has drawn to a close with the release of DLC pack 2 titled The Champions' Ballad, the development team over at Nintendo have already begun work on the next game in the Legend of Zelda series.
This information comes via Source Gaming, who received word from Breath of the Wild producer Eiji Aonuma that work on the next game in the series is already underway:
Aonuma confirms that work on the next Zelda has already begun. --@PushDustIn
— Source Gaming (@AllSourceGaming) December 18, 2017
No big surprises there, really. Breath of the Wild is an incredible experience, and certainly one of the three most successful games in the current Nintendo Switch library. It won Game of the Year at this year's Game Awards, and is widely hailed as one of the best games in a series already known for groundbreaking action and design. It goes without saying that the game would eventually be succeeded by another entry to the series; we just didn't necessarily know that work on the next title would begin so soon.
We're not mad, though; doubtless few players would be, especially if the next game in the Legend of Zelda series is even half as good as Breath of the Wild has been. We don't know anything about the new title, of course, outside of the fact that it's currently being developed, but Switch players and Zelda fans alike are certainly getting amped up to learn more about the new title.
For those still getting their fill of Breath of the Wild's peerless exploration and dungeon solving, be sure to check out our complete Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Champions' Ballad DLC walkthrough and guide. And for those who may be new to the game, Shacknews also has plenty of great information on the base game featured over on our Breath of the Wild guide and walkthrough.
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replyKevin Tucker posted a new article, Nintendo Is Already Working On The Next Zelda Game
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Yes I also am quite pleased to hear this!
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Hopefully with twice as many shrines, half as much story, and more rain.
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but that's like.......the things I DONT want.
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I've never minded the shrines. Some are ho-hum; others are very fun puzzles to solve.
But the vitriol towards them fascinates me. People are mad at these orange boulders, so mad.
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I wouldn't be surprised, although if they reuse the engine and most of the assets we might see something in like 2020. Probably coincide with a mid-gen hardware revision.
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That makes the most sense to me. Something they can use to show off the new hardware sort of like Horizon Zero Dawn and the PS4 Pro.
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Shocking. Hopefully it will come out before their next system.
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I'd like it to be something a little more traditional. I know I'm pretty much alone here, but I did not enjoy the giant sandbox style game in my Zelda.
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I think if it had real, identifiably different dungeons that would go a long way. I think something sandboxy in the way that ALBW was sandboxy would be best.
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I didn't love it either.
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I wonder if it would even be for the Switch or we talking about the Switch 2 for the next Zelda.
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I really hope it isn't. BOTW is amazing, but it's also missing many series elements that I would very much like to see return (prominent music, big dungeons, varied bosses, tools, etc). And I definitely want a new engine. The BOTW engine was built for Wii U, and it shows in the visuals and performance.
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I'm sure they started all the preliminary work as soon as BOTW was mostly done
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I really like the ephemeral weapons and the variety and unpredictability it forces on you. I'd like dungeons to bestow something permanent, but not weapons.
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For reference, they started work on Breath Of The Wild right after they shipped Skyward Sword.
Hopefully the next one doesn’t take five years, I reckon that a lot of BOTW’s development time was R&D and design experimentation since they were upending so many things. If its using BOTW as a basic foundation then it might not be five years, if they’re table flipping again then RIP-
they also started BOTW as a Wii U game then had to also port it so switch
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Yeah, it would make sense that pulling the plug on Wii U pushed its release back a few more months on top of the one year delay it already had. Had the Wii U not tanked then it would have probably been a October/November 2016 release instead.
The initial plan was to release in 2015, four years after Skyward Sword shipped. 2020 or 2021 seems like a reasonable time for the next one if they're using BOTW as a starting point, but we'll see.
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I'd like some more DLC, non shrine related.
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No way! Is it Mario Maker?
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I would love to see the ALBW design mentality applied to a BotW like world.
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I don’t think it’s gonna be a 5 year cycle like everyone is suggesting .
I think we are going to start seeing Nintendo taking a page from other publishers and releasing more regular sequels . A lot of the initial work is done and in place from BotW . There should be a lot of lessons learned and even reusable pieces that can cut that down to a year or two year dev cycle . That is if they want to deliver BotW 2 .
If they want to redefine what a Zelda game is AGAIN then yes it’s gonna be a decade lol
I’m hoping it doesn’t get deluded to an annual franchise but I wouldn’t complain about a Zelda game every two years .
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I could see a 2D and a 3D team delivering something substantial every 2 years, giving each team 4 years for each game. But I doubt they would put out a new 3d game every year. DLC packs for BOTW at a regular schedule might work though.
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I love BotW but I'd like an old fashioned Triforce hunt, fishing, and maybe Link doesn't need to be the only playable character? Would be fun to play as Zelda/Sheik, etc.
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